Grab a Free Pattern from Jil Eaton Before April 7, 2014

Jil Eaton is known for her colorful, wearable children’s designs, and 20 of her MinnowKnits patterns are now available for the first time as digital downloads.

To celebrate, she’s offering one free set of patterns, a knitted layette including a sweater, hat, booties and blanket, available for download from Vogue Knitting. You have to register for free and will gain access to all their free knitting patterns.

The pattern collection — worked in MinnowMerino, distributed by Classic Elite Yarns — is available for free through April 7. It’s a nice basic set you can easily jazz up with stripes instead of the color blocking, or use these basic shapes with a different stitch pattern to make them true originals.

[Photo via Vogue Knitting.]

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Not too long ago I was seeing a crochet pattern for a glasses holder shaped like a bear all over the Internet. It was super cute, and also useful as a place to put your glasses on your bedside table instead of just throwing them somewhere random.

This project stewed in my brain for a little while and I decided I needed to make a knit version, but I didn’t want to make a bear. If you know anything about me you might know that I’m a cat person, so of course my version had to be a cat.

The base is just a basic little basic worked from the center out to the desired size, then up the sides as long as you want them. Knit some ears and add embellishments to make it whatever kind of animal you want.

The way I figured out to work the base from the center out was to use a crochet cast on, which gives you an easier way to pick up stitches from the back of the cast on than if you worked a more traditional cast on for a knitting project. It’s kind of fun to do things in a different way from time to time.

This little project is adorable if I do say so myself, and even as a plain little basket not made into an animal it’s a cute way to keep your glasses or other little things in one place. I’m tempted to make one for my desk to hold pens or even little little scissors and sewing needles that are always on my desk but somehow always seem to get lost on my desk.

If you need a little holder for your glasses on your table, check out the pattern at Our Daily Craft.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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